Veteran’s Day is Friday, Nov. 11. Please remember and thank all those who work to keep us safe.
If you read the poem “In Flanders Field,” the beginning lines can be read, “where poppies grow” or “where poppies blow.” Both are correct. Some learned it one way and some the other. There was quite a discussion in a Boston Globe column about which word is correct.
The late Arthur Quinton of Amherst, who served in the British Navy, used to recite the poem at the Veterans Day celebrations in Amherst.
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Karla Keyes sent me an email about the Crafts of Colrain Open Studio Tour this weekend, Nov. 12 and 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour features 22 artists. Directions are on the website www.craftsofcolrain.com.
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This is the last weekend for the The Valley Light Opera’s production of “Der Fledermaus” at the Academy of Music in Northampton. Shows are Friday and Saturday night and a Sunday matinee. Visit VLO.org for tickets.
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Seren Derin of Amherst is the president of Zonta in Northampton. She sent me an email about a “Climate Intersectionality Workshop” that will be held Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. at Collaborative Educational Services, 97 Hawley St., Northampton. The speaker is 15-year-old Ollie Perrault, director of Youth Climate Action Now. It’s free and also available on Zoom. Visit the Zonta website for a link.
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Apologies to Deanna Pearlstein and Joyce Hines of Amherst. I had noted them as in charge of the sweets at the Wesley Church Fair in last week’s column. As I discovered when I was there last week, they were in charge of country treasures.
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